Re: Getting last insert id?

$new_id = mysql_query('select last_insert_id()'); your can also user it within a query - eg $sql = ' insert into related table parent_id, data , data2) values (last_insert_id(), 23, 45); pete hris Payne wrote:

Hi there everyone, I use the below to insert some data into my database: mysql_query ("INSERT INTO forummessages (Postedby, email, subject, message, ForumID, posted, parentid)

               VALUES ('$Postedby', '$email', '$subject', '$message', '$ForumID','$posted','$parentid')

"); But once it has done this, I need to get the id it has generated in the DB and then update that record with the id it generate, so how can I get the id from the above insert? Any help would be greatly appreciated :-) Regards Chris